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Evra said Van Persie has endured ribbing after his overelaborate celebrationDavid Jones/EPA

Chris McKenna

Published at 12:01AM, April 17 2013

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Patrice Evra revealed that Robin van Persie, the Manchester United striker,
has had to endure plenty of ribbing from his team-mates this week after his
overelaborate celebration against Stoke City at the weekend.

Van Persie ended a ten-game goal drought with a penalty in the second half of
United’s 2-0 win at the Britannia Stadium and ran to the dugout where he
embraced Sir Alex Ferguson, the manager, who later joked “he nearly killed
me”.

There was clear relief for the Dutchman, who had been stuck on 19 goals in the
Barclays Premier League, despite having scored three times in